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odry. ON AN INFANT WHO WAS BORN, WAS BAPTIZED, AND DIED ON THE SAME DAY. BY THE RIGHT HON. W. E. GLADSTONE. The domestic incident which the following poem commemo- 'ates oceuned in the Premier's own family .1, (From Good Words for May.) •11,11 How wast thou made to pass, By short transition, from the womb i"' Unto that other darkness of thy tomb, p, '0 babe, 0 brother to the grass 1 For like the herb, so thou art born • At early morn And thy little life has flowed away Before the flowing day; Thy willing soul hath struggled, and is free; And all of thee that dieth, A white and waxen image, lieth r;i I 3Jpon the knee. Oh, whither hast thou fled, From the warm, joyous world removed ?" Might one of old have questioned .■ iL. Of his dear and dead; "j.,1 Panting and straining for relief ] Unto a passionate and hopeless grief. Whither, O thou in vain beloved, Whither hast thou borne 'The smiles and kisses that were gathered up In thee for her th, t bare thee, now forlorn, As sweets in the wild rose's cup Before the morn 1" "Is that thy feeble cry But just beyond the threshold of the grave V Art thon yet waiting in the voiceless hall Of Dis, or hear'st the-mourning water's fall ? Thou canst not sure be nigh Where mad and shrieking spirits rave? Or d ost thou slumber take By the deep, glassy, and translucent lake, Through a chill, exhaustless night, Apart from woe, yet senseless of delight?" 'There was no audible reply, <■ 11 n Only a faint, far echo, to that cry 1 • Of natural yearning. But our task Js lighter far; and when we ask, Is all thy fate as dark As is the pall upon thy limbs ? Is there no sun above, no saviour ark "That on the black seaswims, And bears the children, l^ved of God, and blest, Unto the land of rest? We hear a voice, from the high seas of bliss, That answers," Yes." i( ,¡ I. „ Yes narrow was the space ■ ■' '¡; Where thy life ran its hurried race, Like one affrighted by the far-off glare Of the worlds pleasures and alarms That from the sin, the sorrow, and the care Fled, to seek shelter in the arms Of his first Father; and had rest AJpon His breast. O joy, that on that narrow space There is no spot cf acted sin, No burning trace, As where evil thoughts have been. r Thou hast not known how hard it is to kill The inveterate strength of self desire, To quench the smouldering and tenacious fire; And never did thine unexpanded will Gather up conscious energies to move Against the God of love. The volume of this life was soon unrolled: But the hours of thy small earthly store, Although no more Than might be numbered at the dawa of sense By a child's first intelligence, Yet were their single moments told To them that stood around By a faint moaning sound, '• Repeated with that labouring breath That ever ushers Death, Instead of the serene and soft pulsation, ,Of an infant's respiration. How small the tribute, then, of human pain The Eternal Wisdom did ordain Thy migrant spirit should be bound to pay "Upon its way Unto fruition of the immortal prize, Purchased for thee by rain of scalding tears, By agony indign, By woes how heavier far than thine Through more protracted years, And deeper sighs. One evening, thou wert not: v ■ The next, thou wert; and wert in bliss And wert in bliss for ever. And is this i So desolate a lot, To be the theme of unconsoled sorrow, Because, thy first to-morrow, Thou wert ordained a vest to wear, .tNut malle like ours of clay, But woven with the beams of clearest day A cherub lair ? For on that one, that well-spent morn, Unconscious thou wert borne 'To wash in the baptismal stream To gain thy title to the glorious name Which doth unbar the Gates of Paradise And thou wert taken home Before the peril that might come By thy parents' human pride In thy soft beaming eyes; But not before Their blessings on thee they might pour, And pray that, if so early doom betide, Yet God might speed thee on thy path Through the void realms of Death, And Christ reserve thee in His bosom-peace Till pain and sin shall cease; Till earthly snow. shall fly, and they Shall wake to life, with thee, from clay. We are amid the tumult and the stress 'Of a fierce eddying fight; And, to our mortal sight, • 'Our fate is trembling in the balances, And even it hath seemed • The Tempter at the nether scale Might over Love prevail; But thy dear faith can never fail, 'Thou art redeemed 'The shadowy forms of doubt and change Athwart thy tranquil flite DO more may range, Nor speck its lucid path 'With tokens and remembrances of death. "Then flow, ye blameless tears, awhile, A little while ye may: 'The natural craving to beguile, This task is yours; with you Shall peace be born anew, r And sorrow glide away. 0 happy they in whose remembered lot There should appear no darker spot Than this, of holy ground; This, where within the short and narrow bound From morn to eventide, In quick successive train, An infant lived and died, And lived again. 'œ& W. E. G. Æneid vi., 428.
EXTRAORDINARY PHYSICAL PHENOMENON.
EXTRAORDINARY PHYSICAL PHENOMENON. Since the days when the Siamese twins arrived in this country, and occasioned so much excitement in medical circles, 10 illustration of the freaks of nature has been found at all lpproaching in its remarkable character to that given in the )erson of Christina Millie, a native of North Carolina, who "rived at this port on Tuesday, per the City of Brussels, roni New York. This young person, who is about to proceed o London for exhibition, is the child of parents formerly llaves in North Carolina, still living, and having several )ther children, and was herself born a slave. It is scarcely possible, by a written description, to convey anything like an ^equate idea of the marvellous physical organization of this !Xtraordinary being. In figure, Christina Millie, who is nineteen vears of age, is rather short, and possesess two heads ipon one" body, with two well-developed chests and four arms. this portion of the frame is as perfectly distinct in each igure as if the upper part were the heads of two persons but It the lateral posterior portion of the pelvis there is but one dy, with one spine, the lower parts of which gradually in- cline outwards from each side, and terminate with four legs. the faces are of the African type, with thick lips and large Ctiouth, denoting the race from which the girl has descended; but in conversation the countenances brighten with intelli- gence, and those who have had an opportunity of seeing the girl could not fail to be pleased with the geniality of her 4aaniier and with the store of information which she has at her command. The question which naturally arises, and Which it seems difficult to solve, is whether this is one being, Or whether, in some extraordinary manner, two persons have thus marvellously been joined together. A very careful Anatomical examination, made by the professors at Jefferson Medical College, America, has led to the discovery that the flings, heart, and functions of digestion are those of two per- Sens, apparently perfect and healthy in each, but that the Wlv le of the lower organization of the body is that of one female, with the exception of the four legs. Each head is aaid to possess separate intellectual faculties as entiiely dis- tinct as the brain-power of two different individuals, and the Volitions of the will are independent, but very much in harmony with each other. In proof of this, the two mouths will at the same time converse with different persons upon topics of a widely different character, and will join in singing 4 duet, one taking the soprano and the other the contralto Part. Experiments have been tried with a view to demon- strate the nervous system, which showed that whilst above: the junction the sense of feeling was separate and distinct in each, hilow the point of union it was in common. Thus, a hand placed upon the shoulder of either was noticed only by the Qne touched, but the pressure of the foot was instantly felt by tach. On Wednesday a private party of ladies and gentlemen tad an interview with this extraordinary person at the Wash- ington Hotel, and were both astonished and pleased. She Seems remarkably cheerful, suffers no inconvenience or pain from her peculiar physical organization, dances with freedom, and, for one of her race, sings with considerable taste and ex- pression. She is accompanied by Miss Swan, the American lady, who, it will be remembered, created such a sensation on the"last exhibition of the Siamese twins in this town; and also bv Captain Bat..s, a young American, now on his first Viait to England. Although only about twenty-six years of ,age., the lady and gentleman are each of the gigantic stature Of seven feet eight incle s, and in every respect well propor- tioned. On the return of the party from London, at the close of the summer, they will exhibit here for some tijge."—Liver- I)Oul Mercury.
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It is report d that a vigorous effort will be made, when the Fallot Bill is going through committee to repeal the clauses by which it is proposed to throw the cos. of elections upon the local rates. SMALL-POX AND VACCINATION.—Between the 14th of April last and the 2nd of May, eight children in one flllily (the eldest aged fifteen years and the youngest eighteen months) have died from small-pox in the town- ship OF Toxteth-park, Liverpool, not one of \Y1\OM had been vaccinated,
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about the World. The Manchester Guardian celebrated its fiftieth birth- day on Saturday, and published, as a memento of the occasion, a fac simile of its first number, issued May 5, 1821. It is a small "single" sheet, and the price was 7d. The paper contains the Poet's Corner," which was de rigueur at that period in a weekly publication. It is occupied by "Stanzas, by Thomas Moore, Esq." Germany has undertaken the difficult task of Germaniz- ing the people of Alsace and Lotraine. The Strasburger Zeitung states that an order was issued on the 14th ultimo that German is to supersede French as the language in which instruction is to be given in all the schools of those parts of Alsace and Lorraine now ceded to Germany, French only being taught as a foreign language. An ex- ception, however, is made with respect to the districts in which French is really the language spoken by the people. Provost Law, of Edinburgh, no doubt lays the fluttering unction to his soul that he has vindicated the rights and privileges of "guid auld Scotland" by refusing to take part in the International Exhibition opening ceremony. The worthy Provost, it appears, was invited in his official capacity, but. owing to the Lord Mayor of Dublin being given a precedence over him, he refused. This dispute, justly remarks the Globe, is about as ridiculous as the quarrel between the Corporations of Hastings and Dover for the precedence in the Cinque Ports. The following resolution was passed at the miners' con- ference at Manchester, last week :—"That this conference views with recret the wilful neglect and delay of the Government and Parliament with respect to the Mines Regulation Bill, and other matters affecting the interests of miners; recommends the mining constituencies to enforce their claims and grievances on their respective parliamen- tary candidates and expresses its conviction that the in- terests of the mining population will not be attended to until miners return members from their own order to repre ,4 sent them in the House of Commons." There is no better cure for romance than cold water- the cooling effect is instantaneous. A couple of foolish young lovers—the one a laundress, the other a traveler- were found, the other night, struggling in the long pond at Clapham Common. The female was floating on her back, screaming out, "Save my darling!" and h Iding the man, who was underneath. They were rescued, and taken into custody. The woman's account was that their friends were not willing they should be married, so they made up their minds to die together; and she wrote a letter to her father telling him that her body would be found on Clapham Common. When before the magis- trate, at Wandswurth Police-court, on Saturday, the male prisoner expressed regret that he had not succeeded in taking his life, and ,ffered to bet 100 to 1 he would not live another week. He will pass that week in prison, and the salutary effects of a sparing diet will no doubt effect a change in his ideas. The Daily News, which is severe upon the recent financial policy of the Government, says Sanguine people hoped that when Mr Gladstone became his own Prime Minister we should have had moderate Estimates, as well as ingenious Ways and Means. Unfortunately this year we have had neither. Mr Gladstone has found it easier to imi- ta'e the excessive expenditure of Lord Palmerston, than to inspire Mr Lowe with his own financial genius. A great mis- take has undoubtedly been committed. The reputation of the Ministry has suffered. Its very existence has been endangered. The sense of a great fault and peril ought to I ad to repentance and reformation. With the hope that it will be so we gladly turn away from a disagreeable passage in political history, and look forward to a future which will restore to the Government the well-merited confidence of the Liberal party. The Lancet contains the following hint for Mr Dar- win :— At the Clinical Society, on the 28th ultimo, the president related the case of a woman who had died (rom eatinll her hair-a strange but not an unexampled mode of involuntary suicide, for other cases have t een recorded. It seems, ton, that a similar proclivity is apt to be fouBd in the Angora cat, attended with equally dis- astrous results. The suggestion was made that the cnse of this singular tendency, which was apparently motiveless, might be found in some nil but extinct instinct which shows itself in a few of the lower animals. Such an explanation is interesting and wortey of consideration. Were it investigated, it might possibly throw lisht up -n other tricks and habits which-like nail-biting, forexample, are otherwisennintelligib'e. These might for anpht we know, be shown to be derived from man's remote antecedents, like the qualities of temperance and fidelity, which, widely spreni as they are amongst certnin classes of mammalia, are still also occasionally t < be found in specimens of the human animal. The Pall Mall Gnzette says :— Bald people anxious to preserve a youthful appearance will do well to study the proceedings of the sanitary com- mission now sitting at the recommendntion of Dr Ham- berg, physician to the King of Sweden, at Stockholm, to pass judgment on a certain "Hair Restorer," to the use of which Dr Hamberg attributes the kind's recent dangerous illness. This cosmetic, in spite of its "vegetable" character, according to his analysis contains a larse pioportion of oxi <e of lead, most injurious to the human system. Dr Hamberg says nothing as to the other effects of the hair restorer—whether it has pro luced the abundant growth of hair promised in the adver- tisements or not. If it hus, the king would appear to have paid dear for the beautifying results. The r--yal commission miyht with good reason extend its inquiry to other cosmetics, but is probably aware that human vanity is proof against chemi- cal and medical arguments. In England, indeed, there would seem to he little object in cautiou, for, considering that we swallow almost, pouuds of poison in our food and drink, the few grains of oxide of lead in the hair wash would harflly materially influence the result. Mr Charles Mathews gives an account of a visit to the King of the Sandwich Islands. He says I found the theatre (to use the technical expression) "crammed to suffocation," which merely means "very full," though from the state of the thermometer on this occasion, "suffocation" was not so incorrect a description as usual. A really elegant-looking audience (tickets 10s. each), evening dresses, uniforms of every cut and every country. "Chieftesses" and ladies of every tinge, in dresses of every colour, flowers and jewels in profusion, satin pl tybills, fans going, windows and doors all open, an outside staircase leading straight into the dress circle, without lobby, check-taker, or money-taker. Kanaka women in the garden below selling bananas and pea-nuts by the glare of flaring torches on a sultry tropical moonlight night. The whole thing was like nothing but a midsummer night's dream. And was it nothing to see a pit full of Kanakas, black, brown, and whitey brown (till lately cannibals), showing their white teeth, grinning and enjoying Patter v. Clatter as much as a few years ago they would have enjoyed the roasting of a missionary or the baking of a baby 1 It was certainly a page in one's life never to be forgotten. —
A WELSH ESTATE.
A WELSH ESTATE. The case of Griffith v. Lord Mostyn came before the Master of the Rolls last week. The plaintiff was Mr H. D. Griffith, of Caerhun, Carnarvon, and he sought to en- force against the defendant the specific performance of a contract for the purchase of Upper Douning Estate in Denbighshire. Mr Jessel, Q.C., appeared for the plaintiff, and he stated that so long ago as the year 1840, Lord (then the Hon. Edward) Mostyn bought the estate in question for £ 14,000. He was let into possession, and remained for eight years and a half, during which period he regularly paid the inte- rest on the purchase money but after that time his affairs b-came embarrassed, and he discontinued doing so. In 1853 a bill was filed by the plaintiff in the Court of Chan- cery for the appointment of a receiver, but eventually it was arranged that Lord Mostyn's agent should receive the rents, his lordship undertaking to transfer the net rents to the plaintiff. That led, of course, to further delay, the plaintiff being still in hopes that Lord Mostyn would com- plete, but in 1857 his lordship's agent neglected to pay the net rents, and the plaintiff thereupon caused a receiver to be appointed by the Court. Lord Mostyn had accepted the title, and been in possession for seventeen years con- sequently the plaintiff's case was not deficient of any legal element. He had been in hopes, however, until recently, that as the contract was really a beneficial one, the friends or relatives of Lord Mostyn, who under certain arrange- ments had become entitled to his estate, would have been induced to specifically perform it; but although negotia- tions had been going on for years, there was no prospect of the hope being realized. Mr Southgate, Q.<\ (with him Mr Law), said Lord Mostyn was in the unfortunate position of being unable to complete. The only question was whether the plaintiff's tights were not barred by laches. The Master of the Rolls characterized the proceedings as altogether most extraordinary and irregular. He had no alternat ve but to grant the ordinary decree, with a reference to chambers as to title, and the costs reserved. The agitation begun by the licensed victuallers has given rise to a counter movement on the part of tho^e who approve of the efforts of the Government to abate some of the evils of the present licensing system. Meetings at Bolton and at Limehouse have approved the principle of the measure, while a committee of delegates accredited reference to chambers as to title, and the costs reserved.
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The agitation begun by the licensed victuallers has given rise to a counter movement on the part of tho^e who approve of the efforts of the Government to abate some of the evils of the present licensing system. Meetings at Bolton and at Limehouse have approved the principle of the measure, while a committee of delegates accredited from various temperance organizations have agreed to act together generally for the support and amendment of Mr Bruce's Bill. together generitlly for the support and amendment of Mr Bruce's Bill. THE NATIONAL EDUCATION LEAGUE.—The monthly re- port of the National Education League, issued recently, states that at no time has the progress made been so satis- factory as at present. Twenty new branches have been formed in the month of April. Large numbers of new members have lately joined. The accession has recently been made of the Monmouthshire association—a body re- presenting sixty churches and 8.000 members, and heartily supporting the league in its general objects and its opposi- tion to the extension of the denominational system. It i urged that the motto of the league must be that" U nsec- tarianism must precede compulsion." A FRENCH DWAKF.—Amongst the exiles from France which the late disastrous war has driven to our shores, not the least remarkable is the graceful little lady who is now ho ding daily levies in the Burlington Gallery. The Princess relicie, as her exhibitors have christened her, is a genuine dwarf, a real living Lilliputian. She is, per- haps, the smallest female yet. exhibited in London, one beside whom illiss Minnie Warren would be almost a giantess. Like MIss Minnie, the Princess Felicie is the child of parents of the ordinary station, who have accom- panied her over to it-ngland from her native provence. She is now in her ninth year, measures sea, cely nineteen inches in height. and weighs just six pounds. She is of pe feet symmetry in ..n. an<l altogether a pleasing and gentle child. 1 he Princess was presented to and most graciously noticed by the Emperor and Empress of the French a very short time before the com- mencement of the war.- Daily News. Seven of the prisoners charged with the assault on Murphy were on Tuesday committed for trial. Pour others were_dis- c'targed. The case against Lawrence Doran for aiding and abetting was postponed. John Connolly, charged with the murder of Michael Green, alias Robinson, at Liverpool, was on Tuesday committed for t:"iftl. On Saturday afternoon, Mr A. A. Fletcher, coroner, h4d an inquest at the Globe Inn, Bridgeman-street, Walsall, on the body of Mary Clarke, aged four and a half years, the daughter of parents living in the neigh- b, urhood. On Wednesday afternoon, the child went into the yard, and placed her mouth under the tap, which she turned on, and the water rushed out with, such force as to suffocate her. She fell to the ground, where her lifeless body was found by her mother £ few minutes later. Th« iury fount! tho(t the dec-eased \>a,s accidentally suffo- cated.
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tUtrat. Mr Tennyson will shortly, it is said, produce a new volume of poems, Mr Strahan to be the publisher. The House of Commons Committee has passed the pre- amble of the Albert Arbitration Bill. The Rev Dr Beard, of Manchester, is engaged on an « Anto biography of Satan," which will be published in the autumn. Sixty Roman Catholic professors of Vienna have sent an- address of adhesion to Dr Dolliiiger. The United Service Gazette says that the Admiralty has been pleased to direct that" Hymns Ancient and Modern" shall in future be issued to Her Majesty's ships, in lieu of the original hymn-book. A London schoolmaster has been fined £5 for sending his daughter, who was afflicted with the small-pox, in a cab, President Grant has appealed by proclamation to the citizens of the Southern States to put a stop to the outrages of the Ku-Klux-Klan organization. He says that if the State authori- ties do not suppress this society he will employ Federal forces. The complete returns for the borough of Birmingham have been issued, and s'iow a total of 342,505 persons, being an increase of 46,429 over the census of 1861, when the total was 296,076, and an increase of 90,336 over 1851. The twelve years' system of recruiting in the infantrylis to be superseded by one under which recruits are to be sworn in for six years' active service, and six years in the first-class army reserve. According to the completed census returns the popula- tion of the borough of Liverpeol is now 503,000, against 448,000 in 1861, showing an increase of 55,000 in the ten years. Unitarianism in Liverpool is keeping pace with the growth of the town. On Saturday, the foundation-stone of another chapel for this body was laid by Mr W. J. Lamport. The site is in Hamilton-road, Everton. The South London Press says that the Rev C. H. Spurgeon, who has been confined to his bed during the past month, in consequence of a severe attack of gout, is rapidly becoming convalescent. A Methodist chapel is about to be opened in Rome. This will be the 16th heretical temple which has been started by the Revolutionary party, under the eyes of the Chief of Catholicism. "A Free Church in a Free State," was an ex- cellent motto to begin with; but the freedom is only the State's the Church has none whatever.— Tablet. The exquisite taste displayed by the Princess Louise in designing the lace for her bridal dress has been manifested in another direction. Her Royal Highness was one of the competitors in the International Fan Competition, and g-iined a klO prize. Mr Bedford, coroner for Westminster, on Saturday, received information of the death of Charlotte Friswell, aged four years. The deceased lived in St. Anne's-passage, Soho, and while at breakfast accidentally dropped a farthing in a cup of tea and swallowed the coin in drinking the tea. The farthing lodged in the gullet, causing death from suffocation. There is reason to fear, according to despatch just re- ceived at the Foreign Office, that Captain Henry Faulk- ner, an adventurous and intrepid traveler, has been killed in Africa, while fighting on behalf of a weak tribe, whom he considered oppressed. He went out there in company with the expedition which set out to search for Dr Liv- ingstone. At Southampton, on Saturday, the Rev. Robt. Cavon, a Baptist minister, was summoned for refusing to have his child vaccinated. He admitted the offence, saying he took the child to his own medical man within three months of its birth to be vaccinated, but he advised that it should not be done. Since then he had read works which had caused him to hold conscientious objections to the opera- tion being performed. The Bench said they had nothing to do but enforce the law, and fined him 10s., and costs. If the child was not vaccinated he would be summoned again. We understand that, after some controversy on the subject between the War Office and the Treasury, it has been decided to award pensions to Sir William Brown, late Accountant- General .f the Army, Mr Whiffin, late Chief Clerk of the War Office,, and Mr Talbot who have retired under the censure of a Parliamentary Committee for the grave impropriety of their conduct in appropriating to themselves, as Income-Tax Com- missioners, public money to which they were not entitled. The ground of this resolution is—the opinion of the Secretary of State for War-that this misappropriation was due to error of judgment and not to corrupt intention. —
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JIarl and Jiandt$. The only epithet for Mr Lowe.—Matchless. —Punch. A Connecticut school boy has written a composition on the horse, in which he says it is an animal having four legs, one at each corner." Mrs never could, for the life of her understand what a High Churchman was, until she heard of a French Minister being" up in a balloon." A biography of Robespieree published in a late Irish paper, concludes thus:—" This extraordinary man left no children behind him except his brother, who was killed at the same time." A PRECAUTION.—A Western (American) lady, who had been deserted by two cons 2cutive husbands, has contracted a third matrimonial alliance, which she hopes may be per- manent, with a gentleman whose legs have been am- putated. "Fellow trabelers," said a "cullud" preacher, pf I had been eatin' dried apples for a week, an' den took to diinkin' for a monf', I couldn't feel more swell'd up dan I am dis minnit wid pride and wanity at seein' such a full 'tendance har dis ebeni, Dundreary declares that the proposed tax on matches was one of those things no fellah can understand. "It's a wum way t-t-to encourage the sale of num-um-matches to twy and Bob-bLowe 'em out !Fun. A young man at Worcester, the other day, made a bet that he would kiss fifty girls going down the High-street of that borough. It is certainly a lengthy and very fine thorough- fare, and Worcestershire beauty is proverbial, but they are also stalwart dames to boot. The bold adventurer had not proceeded far when he was successfully resisted and handed over to the police. On being brought before the magis- trates tliar sentenced him to three weeks' hard labour for his impudence. A leaf out of American journalism has been appropriated by a Lancashire Conservative paper which has begun to improve upon the ordinary bald marriage announcements. The marriage of a Mr James Wild, cotton-spinner, to a Miss Nailor is stated to have taken place after a courtship of a feW weeks." The journalist adds that Miss Nailor is a young lady from Yorkshire, and that she was employed previous to her becoming Mrs Wild as barmaid at the Crown and Cushion Inn, top of Manchester-street, Oldham. THE RIVAL MERCHANTS.—There is a story current in London of an enterprizing and far-seeing merchant who con- stantly found his telegraphic directions anticipated by a rival firm. Tracing this to its source, he discovered that his rival, who had great confidence in his judgment, had bribed a tele- graph offical to give him the first sight of all telegrams. On making this discovery, the merchant wrote privately to his agents to act always contrary to the instructions sent. Then, byaseries of well-planned telegrams, he placed his rival in the Bankrnptcy Court in three nionths.-Echo. I. A ludicrous account of the late University boat-race is published by the Porvenar di Seville, a Spanish news- paper. The race, according to this authority, com- mences at Westminster, by the Houses of Parliament, and takes its course up the grand river to the parks of Green- wich and Richmond." The regattas of London are, with the races of Epsom and Derby," the great feaRts of the year. This year the river, on the occasion of the Oxford and Cambridge hoat-raca, is said to have been "crowded with two thousand steamers," at the head of which sailed the Prince of Wales ill a sllilll boat, "with thirty distinguished persons." While the race. was going on ban ds cf music paraded the streets, some with black faces. A cannon from the Tower announced the victor. After the regatta, 100,000 restaurants were opened to the public, who crowded into, them to drink their beer. In the villas in the vicinity of the race din- ners were given to all Cambridge people, to the number of several tnousand, the young people afterwards er. joy- in the ball." Mr Bennett, of the New York Herald, has in his day played many parts since he left Aberdeen to push his way in America, and we are not astonished to find that, in his old age, he has turned his attention to the improvement of the religious character of the readers, of the HeraM. He has been lecturing General Butler and Senator Davies for their unseemly brawl in the Senate; and concludes with the following advice :—" In view of these shocking pro- fanities and personal vulgarities that have become so com- mon in both Houses of Congress as to be disgraceful to the country, we would commend to Mr Davies, Gen. Butler, and all concerned, as the only remedy for the disease, a thoughtful reading of the wholesome religions teaching always to be found in the Sunday and Monday issues of the New York Herald." A Suth London paper corrects an amusing printer s blunder," which occu'red a few days ago, in one of the London distiict newspapers* It had heen speaking in highe-t terms of a new teuor-a rara avis of a tenor, who had delighted and entranced all heaters. The criticism was orgeous, but it ended with he was sentenced to three'y(-a,r-' penal servitude, so that society will for sne time be freed from the ii-ftiction op his presence!" Thi* astounding asserh, In wa.. simpU due to thef ic that the end of a police case had b- en, "lifted," and left at the bo:t'lm of the critique, to which it formed such an incongrous penda.it. An exti aord;nary blulId r some y ars ago occurped in the same way. in one of the S otch pap-rs. A cuplc of lines of a news paragraph, annoui cmg the arival of several soldiers in a district town g"t mixed up. in a no ice of a birth. The res ulr, was as follows At Street, oil the inst., Mrs K-, of 1 sergeant, 3 corpnr Is, and 15 rank and file premature. The following extraordinary advertisements we copy from an American paper:— Madame Porter, Seeress, &c." "Madame Howe, Fortune-teller- No. 81, 3rd Av. near 12th St., 50 cents to SI." A §100,000 reward to any person who can equal the great independent, medical, and business clairvoyant, Madame Clifton. All diseases cured. She can allay trouble, no mat- ter how serious. If vou are sick or in trouble call oil her at one Office, 193, Blucher-street. A Bona Fifle seventh daughter that shows likeness, tells names, and causes marriages, is Madame M., 184, East Houston-street." "ASTROLOGY. A Fact Professor Marstello tells the very mind at first siglit, Ladies and Gents, consult him at once and you will have no disappointment in marriage or any undertakings, and health, wealth, jrood luck, and long life. He reveals useful and wondorou £ secrets in all busi and how to many the one you wish immediately. One can scarcely believe these to be bond-fide advertisements, but they evidentlv are so, and w-e, are forced to the conclusion that there must 'be many- fools in America, perhaps if the I truth was known England has her share of them, though they 1 don't publish their folly- as openly. ')i'. J ,i
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grinttturat. Though Mr Goschen's Bill on Local Taxation is being generally received with disapproval by the various Chambers at Agriculture throughout the country, yet several of its pro- visions have commanded the assent of influential speakers at the meetings held for its discussion. Thus at Hereford, in Devonshire, and at Monmouth, where adverse resolution have been passed, it has been nevertheless acknowledged that in its proposed establishment of County Financial Boards, in its proposals to divide the increase of rates between land- owner and tenant, and in its intention to extend the area of rating to property hitherto excepted, it adopts ideas which have been long advocated in the interest of the tenant- farmer. The Aberdeen Journal gives an amusing account of a trial for damages on the ground of injury by excessive game, lately held before an Irish Court. The tenant having esta- blished a prima facie case, his superior was ordered to lodge £100 in Court, leaving the final award of damages to a jury. The trial came on in Dublin. Fortunately, for himself, the in pursuer had secured as his counsel a gentleman who holds the same place at the Irish bar as the Youngs and Clarks among ourselves. After a luminous and forcible argument, Mr Serjeant Armstrong, in his peroration, happily appropriated, mutatis mutandis, a passage from their immortal and popular national poet's "Deserted Village I:- Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich mau's joys increase, th0 poor's decay, 'Tis yours to judge how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land. Ill fares the land, to hast'ning ills a prey, Where hares accumulate and crops decay Nimrods and game may flourish and may fade, On wastes and deserts let them make their raid; But when on labour's fruit they browse and fatten, And can't be shot, let hungry jurors at 'em. And so the jury did go at them, and gave the farmer 2250, over and above the sum lodged in Court, and all costs besides. FARM AGREEMENTS AND RABBITS.—A correspondent of the Field gives the following rules as a remedy for the rabbit nuisance I find on my estate all objections to game on the part of my tenants entirely removed by the following simple rules 1. All tenants and a person named, to be approved of by myself, to be allowed to ferret and dig in any covert all rabbits. A dog in a string allowed to set the holes. 2. All tenants allowed to course. These simple rules prevent too many rabbits and too many hares. Of course, during the nesting and breeding months of April, May, and June, this leave is with- drawn. I am told by some of my friends, If you can trust your tenants, this is all very well; but if you cannot, they may kill everything you have in your coverts.' My answer is Any tenant I could not trust I would gladly get rid of altogether, as, if I cannot trust him in this matter, I can trust him in no other. MANURE DRESSINGS.—This is becoming a question of great interest throughout the large and important district from whence I write. The various manure dressings are mainly applied to produce roots and winter food crops—green crops. The quantity and weight per acre in som- instances used is prodigious. Chemical manures are still increasing in favour and also in variety. The demand for Peruvian and other guanos, of superphosphates, blood manures, bones, kainit, salt, &c., is vastly increasing, and no one has yet dis- covered the limit to which any of these applications may be kept or profitably used in fact, the more liberal the applica- tion, if judiciously given, the larger and more profitable is the crop. I am a farmer of many years, standing, but my old-fashioned notions and estimates of crops in weight and quantities have- altogether been at fault. I used to apply liberal dressings, in accordance with the times, but now they are in some instances exceeded in a tenfold ratio, and certainly the crops grown are much heavier, and amply pay for the extra outlay. Last year the mangel crops were unusually good; this has led growers to try a still further outlay in artificial dressings for the present seeding. My next neigh- bour produced upwards of sixty tons of mangels per acre last year; he is now putting in one ton of artificial aids, i.e., I believe one-fourth guano to three-fourths superphosphates and salt, upon ridges manured with some twenty loads of foldyard dung, and upon land also previously manured and ploughed in the autumn or winter. He asserts that his crops abundantly pay for all, and he is no small farmer, as he occupies some 2,300 or 2,400 acres of land. Certainly sixty tons to seventy- four tons per acre, which I can fairly show was produced last year, is worth a good deal of money as stock food, to say nothing of what might accrue from sales, but which most tenants are forbidden to take off their farms. For my own crops I am using sixteen good loads of foldvard dung in ridges, about six cwt. of salt, and four cwt. of superphosphate, and on one crop kainit in the place of salt. This is thought to be inadequate, and I believe the public or prevailing idea is right. We are too timid-we avoid expense—and lose the extra ten tons. For turnips a similar course is laid out, but not quite so profusely—mangels, in this district, being the popular food crop. The large breadth set with potatoes throughout the neighbourhood has been manured in like manner. I passed one field to-day upon which seventeen cwt. of superphosphates per acre was applied, besides foldyard manure. The great fact is, that farmers are becoming in a sense real commercial men—buying and selling every crop.— 0. F., in Agricultural Gazette. SUGAR-BEET.—By way of warning to those engaged in the cultivation of sugar-beet in this country, we furnish some ex- tracts from an article, by Professor Kiihne, on a species of tapeworm (Nematodes) which was first discovered on beetroot in 1859 by the late Professor Schacht, of Bonn. Professor Kiihne is Director of the Agricultural College of Halle, and the article in question was first published in the Zeitschrift fur den Landwrithschaftlichen Centralverein der Provinz Sachsen." Since this worm was first detected in 1859, it has gradually spread over the greater part of Germany, especially in the north-eastern districts, where it has frequently com- mitted great ravages. The object of Professor Kiihne's inves- tigation was to find. some method of putting a stop to its depredations, but the only way in which he succeeded was by deep tillage and changing the crops. The females only are injurious, and these appear in the form of milk-white corns in the fibres and smaller roots of the beet, whence they ex- tract their sustenance. The pregnant females contain bup- dreds of eggs in different stages of development. In those farthest advanced the little worm may be seen in motion, whilst others show them in an embryo state Reproduction seems to go on for some time, for according as the older ones creep forth others are formed. As pregnant females are found from the beginning of June until the middle of Novem- ber, it will readily be understood to, what an enormous extent they may be multiplied in one year, especially when it is known that as many as 200 females have been seen upon one root. This pest appears to increase as fast as the better known green fly. As a means of extirpating this formidable enemy, it has been suggested that ground infested with them should not be planted with beet until they had died out; but, says Professor Kiihne, if it be as long-lived as the anguillulse, which attacks wheat, this course would be attended with much inconvenience, as the latter live six years. He believes that his plan of deep spade ploughing' is effectual, though rather costly. The following is his method of procedure, where, of course, the soil is of efficient depthTake out a trench twenty-two inches deep, and then let a plough follow turning seven inches of soil into the bottom thereof, and again in the same furrow throwing another five inches upon the first, with men to follow drawing ten inches more with the spade, to be cast upon the top. Ground thus tilled might be eropped with potatoes the first year after, and oats the second, returning again to. beet the third. No doubt, he says, there will be a host of objections raised, for it is a costly process, but future crops would repay the outlay, and it is only recommended for extreme cases. As the object is to bury the worms, ordinary-deep ploughing would not answer Perhaps if we should be so. unfortunate as to be visited bv it, some less expensive means may be devised to prevent its spreading.—H., in Agricultural Gazette. CENTRAL CHAMBER OF AGRICULTURE. A meeting of the Central Council was huld on the 2nd, at the Salisbury Hotel, for the consideration of various subjects bearing on the agricultural interest Sir Massey Lopes, M.P., Chairman of the Chamber, in the chair. The first business was the reading by the Chairman of the report of the com.mittee on local taxation, the main features of which, went to show the unequal bearing of local taxation on land and agriculture, and to criticise Mr Lowe's original budget, especially that part of it which proposed to tax horses, drays, and other carriages used in agriculture, urgiiig that if any such tax were imposed the locomotives and carriages of railways, and all machine- power used in trade, should likewise be taxed. On the motion of Mr Nield, seconded by Mr Bramley, the report was adopted. Next, the Council took into consideration the Rating and' House Tax, and the Ratinsr and Local Government Bills, in reference to which Mr Heneage moved, That, in the opinion of this Council, some of the administrative clauses of Mr Goschen's Bills, namely, the consolidation of the rate and the demand note, the establishment of Coun' y Financial Boards, and the recog- nition of the principle of the application of a grant from Imperi&P resources towards the reduction of the poor and other local rates, are worthy of consideration but that the Bills are most objectionable for the following reasons That, they continue the exemption of income arising from personal property from contributing its fair share to the general burdens that the division of rates between land- lord and tenant does nothing to relieve owners and occu- piers. of land 'rom any of the burdens of which they justly complain and that the powers to be conferred on the pro- posed new Government Boards will still further restrict local self-government and increase local expenditure." He criticised the details of the several measures referred to, and in reference to the proposal of allocating the house- tax in aid of local rates, he said that it would relieve the towns at the expense of the country, and that what was put in the ratepayers' pockets on the one hand would be taken out of them on the other in the s&ape of income- tax, but he held the principle embodied in the proposition as valuable, inasmuch as it admitted the justice of sup- plementing tho. local rates by the Imperial exchequer. The proposed division of the rates between the landlord and tenant he- objected to as against the contracts under which in most cases the land or tenement was let. Mr Hodgson, who seconded the motion. complained of the heavy burdens which Mr Goschen's Bills imposed on real as compared with personal property, and warned the Go- vernment that by the policy they were pursuing they were likely to alienate the loyalty of the landed and agricul- tural interest, and induce them to refuse to pay rates any longer. He contended that the local rates should be im- posed as in olden times, according to the ability of the party, and not wholly according to the rental of the land, Mr Long supported the motion. Mr Andrews remarked that but for the Annual Suspension Act every inhabitant Mr Long supported the motion. Mr Andrews remarked that but for the Annual Suspension Act every inhabitant would he liable to be rated according to ability under the Act of Elizabeth, and thus joint-stock banks and. other large establishments would have to contribute to the union rating in proportioR to their profits, and residents in proportion to their means. The Rev. C. evill said that Vhe tenant farmers themselves were opr,osed to put- ting; half the rate on the landlords, as they 'Knew it would be met by incr&t«ed rent. Professor Bur.d advised sup- porting Sir C. Adderley's intended amep.dment for divid- i»>g and; grouping the Bills. Mi' H'cfas p.nd Sir G. Jeukin- be met by incr&t«ed rent. Professor Bur.d advised sup- porting Sir C. Adderley's intended amep.dment for divid- iJ.1.g: and; grouping the Fills. Mr R¡,d, ?nd Sir G. Jeukin- son took some exception to the wording of the first portion of the resolution, and the latter suggested the omission of the reference to the consolidated rate, the demand note, the County and Financial Boards, and the Imperial aid to local rates, with a view to leave the Council more free to act than they would be if they prematurely committed themselves to the approval of particular details. Captain Craigie denied the statement of Mr Goschen that in Scot- land or in Ireland all the rates were equally divided between the owner and occupier, and contradicted other statements of the right hen. gentleman as to the custom of rating in Scotland. Colonel Brise, M.P., while de- precating extreme views in reference to Mr Goschen's ing Bills, but admitting the heavy burdens on land, thought Mr Goschen should give the land-tax. as well as the house- tax, in aid of the local rates. Differing from some pre- vious speakers, he held that the Government proposals would operate quite as severely on the occupiers as the owners. Mr Read, in quoting a speech of Mr Gladstone's several years ago to the, effect that land having been de- prived of protection, which it had so long enjoyed, as a compensation for the poor-rate and other local burdens, was entitled to be relieved from a proportion of those charges, had just previously referred to Mr Disraeli, and in speaking of the opinion quoted as that of an able and great man, explained that he did not mean the right hon. member for Bucks-an explanation which was received by the meeting with a general shout of derisive laughter, in- dicating anything but Mr Disraeli's popularity among the agricultural interest proper. Sir L. Palk, M.P., Mr X. Grenfell, Mr Biddell, and several other speakers continued the discussion, pointing out various objections to the Bills, the proposed constitution, and mode of election of the Local Boards being amongst them, and ultimately Mr Heneage accepted the amendment, and so altered theresolu- tion, which was unanimously carried. MrCollins submitted a resolution to the effect that the Government Bills were inapplicable to the just settlement of the question, and call- ing on members of Parliament representing the agricultural ural and landed interests to oppose the principle. He advised the same united action on the part of the agriculturists, and the same pressure upon their representatives as the licensed victuallers had brought to bear in opposing the Public-houses Licenses Bill, and which promised to be eminently successful. Mr J. Andrew seconded, and Mr Beardon, Mr Knight, M.P., and others supported the motion, which was carried, after a protest on tbe part of Mr M'Grady at the extravagance of present and past Go- vernments, rendering additional taxation necessary—an extravagance which was wholly unjustifiable. In the evening the members and friends of the Central and Associated Chambers of Agriculture dined together at the City Terminus Hotel, Sir Massey Lopes again pre- siding. The attendance was numerous, most of the pro- vincial, as well as the central institution, being liberally represented. The toasts were of the usual character, a" carafory of the loyalty of the guests, and recognizing the national importance of agriculture. This, the convivial part of the day's proceedings, was honoured with the pre- sence of Lord Vernon, Sir John Pakington, M.P., Sir John Hay, Lord Mahon, Lord G. Hamilton, M.P., Mr Ward Hunt, Sir M. Cholmondeley, Sir R. Buxton, Col. North, and Col. Tomline, M.P., in addition to those who attended the business proceedings of the morning^ SIT John Pakington, in responding to the toast of "The Army," expressed a hope that no false notions of economy would be allowed to impair the efficiency of the army, and congratulating the society on the strength it had at- tained at that its fifth birthday, thanks to ths support it received from the landed interest, without reference to ,4e party, expressed a hope that all connected with that in- terest would unite in opposing the measures by which it was threatened by Mr Goschen. Mr Heneage, in pro- posing the two Houses of Parliament, said that it was rumoured that evening that Mr Goschen's Bills were to be withdrawn, but he advised those who represented the landed interest in Parliament to take some opportunity of refuting the false statistics on which that, right hon. gentle- man had jus-ified those measures. Lord Vernon acknow- ledged the toast of the House of Lords, and Mr Ward Hunt did duty for the House of Commons in a humorous speech bearing upon the Budget, and the threats held out by Mr Lowe of additional taxation on land and agricul- ture, and suggesting that Chambers of Agriculture might be made powerful means of influencing future elections for the protection of their interests. The Chamber resumed ^ts sitti g on "Wednesday; Sir Massey Lopes, Bart., M.P president, in the chair. Sir Robert Buxton, M.P. (Norfolk), was unanimously elected a member of tie Chamber. The Chamber opened the proceedings by calling atten- tion to the first subject on the azenda-to consider The Provisions of the Intoxi-cating Liquors (Licensing) Bill. Mr Arkall, who said he had prepared a resolution on this subject, considered that this measure of Mr Bruce's was one of the most un-English measures that ever was brought before the House of Commons. (Cheers). He believed that the present Mmistrv would be known in history as the Confiscation Government. (Hear, hear). He proceeded to move a resolution to the effect that the provisions contained in the Government Licensing Bill should be proceeded by a repeal of the malt tax, to enable the labouring classes to obtain a cheap, and wholesome beverage at home, and thereby improve their condition, and bring them on a level with the middle classes. Mr George Andrews seconded. Mr Read, M.P., was one of those who thought that the Cham her had very little to do with the Licensing Bill. But as it w uld interfere with the sale of wholesome beverages, and as they were malt-tax repealers, they had always had this subject at heart. (Hear). The Bill, if it passed into law, would create a gigantic monopoly. (Hear, hear). Whilst, however, he was in favour of the motion, he would suggest altering the word "repeal" to "modifi- cation." Mr Caldicott thought that one great objection to the Bill was that it provided for additional taxation. (Hear). Mr Smith, Mr Youngman, Mr Stanton, and Mr Rigby, having made some observations, Mr Read asserted that the main principles of the Bill wereirobbery and spoliation. (Hear, hear). The Government of this country had till within the last few years been encouraging the increase of public-houses throuhout the country. (Hear). That they had no right to do but surely they had still less right to turn round on those men*who folowed Government advice, and say that in ten years those men must be deprived of the property in which they bad invested all their capital that they must give up those very bouses and businesses which the Government hadeencouraged them to establish (Hear). Any resolution in the form of getting a commutation or abolition of the malt-tax he would support. Mr Andrews was convinced that the Bill would never become law. Mr Neild considered the bill ae unjust in principle, and opposed to all the instincts of Englishmen. There was no parallel for this attempt to be met with amongst the coercive measures of the most despotic Governments in Europe. (Hear). Mr Walker believed that every tax on English produc- tion was a double tax on the producer. He also believed that if every old woman was allowed to sell beer as freely as ginger beer there would be much less drunkenness than there was at present (Hear). Mr Pell, M. P., moved the following resolution 1 hat the efforts made by this chamber to secure better and cheaper beer, by a modification of the malt tax, will be impeded by those provisions of the Government Licensing Bill which are designed to aggravate a monopoly adverse to the interests of that large class for whom beer is a necessary beverage." Mr Hadsell seconded, and Mr Askall having withdrawn the resolution, that of Mr Pell was put to the meeting, and carried unanimously. Mr Hawley concurred in the belief that this Bill, if it were passed, would have the effect of creating an immense monopoly. All the available houses would he bought up by merchant princes. He heard a great brewer say the other day that if the Bill became law in twelve years' time they would be unable to get a glass of bitter beer in the city of London. He believed that a man ought to be able to buy his beer and have it in his house the same as be had his milk. (Hear). Captain Craigie moved to the effect that the Govern- m"nt Bill prevented adulteration and undue increase in the number of public-houses, which were therefore fitting subiects for legislation. Mr Rigby seconded but, the motion being opposed by Mr Heneage, was negatived. Mr Littl", considering that they had not met there for the cardinal purpose of opposing the opinions of the Govern ment. with regard to local taxation, moved a resolution to the effect that the cost which would be incurred in admi- nistering the principles of the Bill should not be exacted from the local rates, but from the revenues derivable from licenses. i Mr Caldicott seconded, and the motion was unanimously The Chamber then proceeded to consider "The Proposed Amendments in the Constitution and Laws of the Central Amendments in the Constitution and Laws of the Central Chamber of Agriculture \fter a Ion- discussion it was agreed to refer the further discussion of the subject to the November meeting, mem- bers in the meantime to make the secretary acquainted witi any fresh proposal they might have to make "The Privy Council Older of the 20th April'' then came on for consideration. Air Duckham, who dwelt upon the necessity for rescind- ing' the order as soon as possible, moved the following reso- lution, which was unanimously carried That the secre- tary shall correspond with the Associated Chambers, and ur.re them to take immediate steps to introduce the Order of°Sept. 20, 1870, instead of the Order of April 20th." Lastlv, it was determined—"That the business of the June mee ing be: 1. To consider all Bills and proposals before Parliament involving any increase of charges upon local rites and 2. To consider the subject of 'Poor-law L'"lca :.e 1 e Medical Relief.
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Sir Llewellyn Turner, mayor of Carnarvon, and Dr Pierce, mayor of Ruthin, were the only mayors of North Wales present, in their representative capacity, at the opening of the International Exhibition. At a parish church in Shropshire, on a recent Sunday, the united ngee of the squire, clerk, and two officiating ministers, amounted to 303 years, and none of the four showed signs of decrepitude. The Court Jonrnal states that a marriage is arranged to take place between Sir Arundel Neave, Bart., of Dienan Park, Essex, and the Hon. Miss Hughes, only child of the late Lord and Lady Dinorben. Ensign Barratt, of the Chirk Volunteers, has received from the Board of Examiners in Liverpool a certificate of efficiency in dri,l. He is the first officer in the Denbigh- shire battalion who has passed the necessary examination. Among the limited liability companies just registered are PistilI Rhaiadhr Slab and :late Quarries Co., with a capital of £15,000 in £5 shares the Llanymynech Gas Co., £ 2,i 00 in £5 shares and the Penvgroes, Llanfvllin, and Nantlle Vale Gas Co £ 3,000 in £ 5 shares^ The question of short ening the hours of labourers in mines was discussed at the late miners' conference in Manches- ter, and a resolution passed that the agitation should be kept up until the next conference. It was stated that in several distric s in North W ilt-s men had been dismissed for taking p irt in union meetings. Mr T. M. Owen, son of Mr J. Owen, of Llanidloes, who was successful at the Hilary examination at Trinity College, Dublin, in obtaining first-class honours in history and English literature, has again distinguished himself in the late examination by heading the first-class list. <> The Rev. E. T. Watts, H. inspector of schools for North Wales, has nominated Mr Edward Roberts, master of Bodelwyddan National School, as his assistant inspec- tor. Mr Roberts received hys early education at Bala Grammar School, and at the Carnarvon Training College, and matriculated at the London Universitv. At the Marlborough-street Police-court, last week, a cabman was charged with ill-treating a boree, which turned out to be Wild Rose, which ran second for the Chester Cup in 186&. The horse was lame is all its legs, and it is usually employed in drawing forage. Th cabmn was fined 21 for driving it. Annoyed at the heavy penalties inflicted at Birkenhead and Llangollen on t he butchers dealing with th?- Sock of scab-infected sheep b <ught frocn Mr Grailing, at Brona- borough, some of the Wirral Guardians have given ex- pression to their indignation, and censured the law administrators, who so unequally distributed the punish- ment, that Mr Griming escaped with light penalities. The populations of sosae parishes in Merionethshire are not rich in su, names, for we learn from the Stri&ol B,ord Chronicle that at recent meeting of the School Board for the parish of Llanycil, Mr John Jones was elected chair- man, Mr Richard Jones., vice-chairman, and Mr John Robert Jones, clerk. In another parish, Llanaber. ra the "ame county, three of the five raembers of the Board are named Jones. At the last meeting of the Moid and Holywell riuri- deaconal Association, tie Rev. il E. JOIIes urged the necessity of parishioners having a voire- in theappoiatment of their minister, and made a. resolution to that effect. An amendment, moved by Mr S. J. Gharlt[;th8.t there should be one g«a&ral council of lavixten and clergy to assist the bishop in disposing ci the patronage—was carried. Lord Richard Grosvenor, the member for Flintshire, in acknowledging the receipt of a petition against the Licensing Bill, d"ues to pledge himself to vote for or against the Bill *& a whole. Modifications of the Bill, as proposed, must be made, but lw fears no solution of the difficulty will give satisfaction to licensed victuallers and owners of property. Sir Watkin entertained a di tmguislietl party at Wynn- stay during the: Chester race week, his guests including the Hon. Admiral Rous, the Earl of Portsmouth, Earl Vane, General Wood, Hon. Colonel Forester, Mr Alex- ander, the Eari of Coventry, Lord Bateman, Lord Combermere, L»ord de Lisle, Colonel Apperley, Mr Drake, and Colonel Dowther. The party were conveyed each day in Sir Watkin's private saloon to and from Chester. The Queen has granted to Thomas Edward John Jones- Parry, only SOB of Robert Lloyd Jones-Parry, late of Aberdunant, in- the county of Carnarvon, in compliance with a provision contained in the last will and testament of Robert Lloyd. late of Tregayan, her Royal licence and authority to tfkke the surname of Lloyd onh", in lieu and instead of those of Jones-Parry, and to bear the name of Lloyd. A county c, mri bailiff entered the premises of a small dealer in Llarigolien a few d-ys ago. He was treated very liberally by t'ae inmates, cmrrw da, to which he is very par- tial, being served ou' to hs heart's content. He drank himself into a drunken snooze, and on recovery, to his utter surprise and consternation, he found himself in a. perfectly empty house, advantage having been taken dur- ing his slumber of removing all the goods and effects of which he was assumed to be in possession. At the last Kitthm. Petty Sessions, a stonemason, named John Williams, Wí6 summoned for making use of profane language. At a Sunday- parade of the volunteers, a drunken man was found dancing- Si the midst of the band, and Sergeant Adams being the senfor non-commissioned officer present, collared him, and gave hiat Ù1 custody. Williams thereupon stepped for- ward, and characterized this proceeding as a shame, aad ex- pressed his opinion in language more profane than polite, The drunkex man had to pay a crown for his dance, and now Williams viaa summoned for profanity. Mr Hughes, who appeared for him, endeavoured to show that what would be simply a naene sholeric expression from an officer, ought not to be accountuil to- a private as rank blasphemy, arguing from Measure ftr>Mta.wTt— "That in the captain's kit a choleric word, "Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy." The Bend} f to see the force of such an argument, and seemed to tiiisk that the people did not attach much import- ance to tbe use 01 profane language. Others had been fined for the like offence, and defendant had to pay his fine of one shilling, and eost s, like any other man. An amusing review of a book just published by the Early English Text Society, containing the tale of an old doc*or's tmvels, ;tpppars in Fraser for this month. The old doctor says— I noe a Wels MMD, and do dwel in Wales, I bane loo ed to serche boudgets and look in males; I Joue not to labour nor to delue nor to dyg, My fyngers 'be lymed lyke a lyme twig; which sounds vory like a version of Taffey was a thief." Welshiajaging f jid harping both seemed to the doctor- Muche lyke the hussying of a bomble bee; I while the Webth love of cawse boby" (toasted cheese) is of course note. 1. Our author was writing some score of years.after the Hundred Merry Tales" were printed, in one of which St. Peter, ordered to clear heaven of the ruck of WeLsh saints, goes outside and shouts "cawse boby," and w hen their Welsh holinesses have all rushed out to get soine, slips in and lock- thi7 door upln them. Wales is, he says, like Castile or Biscay in the poverty of living and lodging; yet the people are "hardy, stout, strange, and goodly. and many of them be lovynge and kynd hearted, favthful and vertuous." Their wakes, after the Irish fashion, amused him and their cry, O swetyne, wly dost thou dye ? thou shalt not go from us we wyl die with the venit (benedictus)" reminded him again of C istile.
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FRANCE. Saturday's Journal Officiel publishes a statement of the forces at the disp sal of the Paris insurgents. The total number -of the National Guards upon whom the Commune can now count is said to be 190,425. Of these 162,651 an- swered to their names when the muster-roll was called over on the 4th. A Paris correspondent says that although these tiroops are undisciplined and unsteady, sometimes fighting- wonderfully well, and at other times giving way to panif, they are now being thoroughly reorganized, and are likely to cause Marshal MaeMabon a good deal of trouble M. Thiers, it a despatch to the prefects, announces an- other success of the Versailles troops. On Friday. 240 sailors- and two companies of the 17th battalion of the Chas&eurs-a-pied captured the Redan between Fort Vanveg and Fort Issv, and turned it against the insurgents. The adjoining railway had previously been taken. Several distinguished officers were disabled in these operations. M. Thiers mentions in hIs rep rt that the trenches which are to cut off Fort Issyfrorn Fort, Vanvres are being made, aad that the b',ur approaching when the principal attack will terminate the anxietv of Paris and all France." Aocording to a telegram from Versailles, the Redan, prov- ing untenable, has since been evacuated by the Versailles croops. M. Thiers has addressed an important proclamation to the inhabitants of. Paris, which was posted up in that city on Monday morning. :\1. Thiers describes the insurgents as tyrants, who, though in a minority, are oppressing the people, and exposing them to a fresh attack from the Germans. The Versailles Government wished that th. inhabitants (,f Pans should free themselves, but since thev cannot do so it is forced to undertake the task. Hitherto the outer forts have alone been attacked, but the time has now come when operations must lie directed against the enceinte- Paris will not be generally bombarded; one gate alone will 1* forced. The Government knows, M. Thiers says, that as soon as the soldiers have passed the enceinte the peojde will rally round the National flag. They are a hundred tunes more numerous, he actds, than the sectaries of the Commune, and he calls upon them, therefore, to prevent an assault by opening the gates to the troops, assuring them that if they do so, order and abundance will re-enter the city, and the traces of its misfortunes disappear. CAPTURE OF FORT ISSY. Versailles, Tuesday.-Fort Issy has been captured and occupied by the Government troops this morning. Paris, Tuesdav Afternoon.—Fort Issy was entirely evacuated last night. The sarrison, before withdrawing, prepared everything for blowing up the fort, should the Versailles troops attempt to occupy it. It is asserted that the Federals still hold Fort Issy. The investment of Paris fmill Gennevilliers in north to Fort Issy in south now complete. An overpowering bombardment followe by a general assault is considere i eminent. j